[BC] Anti-virus/registry fix recommendations...

[Glen Kippel]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Jerry Mathis <thebeaver32 at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:06 PM, David Kaye <sfdavidkaye at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>CCleaner is the pnly only only registry cleaner I recommend.  Most of the rest are garbage, designed by people who thought they knew what they were doing.

>>Microsoft Security Essentials is available free from the Microsoft website under the Security menu.  I like it better than McAfee, Norton, any of those.

>I just wish it would clean out *all* the temp files and temporary Internet files and garbage, instead of just the account you're logged in for. Or at least give you the *option*.

>And I agree MSE is the way to go these days. I've dumped both Symantec and AVG because they both bogged down my computer something awful.

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OK, to follow up ... I manually cleaned MSE out of the registry and reinstalled it, so it's working fine.  I found that the website windows.microsoft.com gave me a clean install.  Some of the other sites you find when you search for "Microsoft Security Essentials" are trying to sell you something else.  And it looks like PC Utility Kit, Speed Max PC and Speedy PC Pro are essentially the same beast, as the GUI looks the same -- just a different title.  I don't want to buy something I can get for free.  These others do include registry cleaners, etc.  But I already have CCleaner, so I don't think I need to pay for something similar.
 
Thanks, guys, for all your helpful suggestions.